Old and In the Way were (ironically) mostly not old – and certainly not at all in anyone’s way! – when they gathered in 1973 to play about 50 live shows. Fiddler Vassar Clements, born in 1928 and having joined Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys at 21, was still under 50. The other members of OAITW were only about 30 at the time, give or take a few years.
A new lineup. A new label. A new studio: Following the death of Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Jerry Garcia and the Dead reinvented themselves on 'Wake of the Flood.'